NEW DURHAM—David S. Thayer, 32, of 166A Ten Rod Road, has been cited for four illegal gaming practices and is under investigation by the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department.

Two violations are related to placing bait without posting a sign bearing his name and address, as well as two counts of engaging in the act of baiting white-tailed deer between the period of April 15 and Aug. 31 of this year. Thayer was allegedly conducting these practices off property on Governors Road in Milton, as well as a property near Ten Rod Road in New Durham. Thayer's attorney, Evan F. Nappen, Attorney at Law, PC, in Concord, has filed paperwork indicating his client will plead "not guilty" to the claims and will request a trial. Rochester Circuit Court officials said at this time they do not have a date scheduled for trial. Nappen told Foster's on Friday he plans to fight the accusations "vigorously."

"This becomes an issue that's going to be tried because we dispute that," he said. "These are suspicious things I want to follow up on ... We don't have the discovery (files, yet,) but we're going to fight this vigorously and we may very well uncover important things."

Conservation Officer Ronald Arsenault of the N.H. Fish and Game Department told Foster's their investigation may "go beyond" the four violations filed so far against Thayer, which each carry a $124 fine.